noun:

• Rhinochimaera africana (species of cartilaginous fish from the Southeast Atlantic)

noun:

• Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis - Astronomy term

noun:

• round of 16 (in a tournament) - Sports term

noun:

• credit protection (by seizing assets in anticipation of a default); preventive attachment

noun:

• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) - colloquialism ➜ 斑猫

noun:

• program picture (i.e. film cheaply and quickly produced as a lesser attraction in a double bill); programme picture; B-movie

noun:

• bracket win (in horse-racing); bracket quinella - abbreviation ➜ 枠番連勝【わくばんれんしょう】

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun:

• Japan's press code (developed in 1946)

expression:

• welcome (in shops, etc.) - Kyōto dialect

noun:

• Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 翼

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term - From French ➜ 擬娩

noun:

• public awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)

noun:

• small gong (used in gagaku) ➜ 雅楽

noun:

• (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall ➜ 色茶屋・料理茶屋

noun:

• footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

noun:

• period play (esp. set in the Edo period); period drama ➜ 丁髷

noun:

• thermal fatigue (e.g. in structures)
• heat exhaustion ➜ 熱ばて・熱疲憊

noun:

• jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)

noun:

• (the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)

noun:

• D layer (of the ionosphere)

noun:

• Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon) - Buddhism term

noun:

• court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 五舎

noun:

• Gospel of Luke (book of the Bible) ➜ ルカ福音書